Canaries midfielder Darel Russell is left deflated after Norwich City's 2-0 defeat at Reading following a controversial late penalty.

Boss Ronnie Moore says Tranmere's FA Cup exit at the hands of Peterborough on Tuesday night was "cruel".

A college withdraws a dish from its restaurant's Christmas menu after concerns are raised about its production.

A "mean, cruel, smelly and ruthless" man called Mr Gum wins one of the first Roald Dahl Funny Prize for children's novels.

Damage to ornaments left alongside an infant's headstone at a cemetery is branded "cruel and mindless".

The family of a man with kidney cancer criticise the "confusing" and "cruel" system for offering drug treatment.

The head of an infertility support group says she is "horrified" by the lack of services in north Staffordshire.

Worcester athlete Melinda Cooksey cruelly goes out on the guess of a coin after one of the biggest races of her career.

David Gray has lambasted American interrogators for allegedly using his music to help extract information from internees in Iraq. Why might his music be chosen and what effect on prisoners is music meant to achieve?

A care assistant sexually assaulted a nursing home resident and then asked a colleague to lie, a trial hears.

A beaver found dead on a beach in the Highlands ingested a large quantity of sea water, police say.

Captain Stephen McPhail rues the error that saw Cardiff lose the FA Cup final to Portsmouth.

The US Supreme Court rejects a challenge to the use of lethal injections to execute prisoners.

Sporting Lisbon coach Paulo Bento says the Uefa Cup defeat by Rangers was a cruel blow for his side.

A judge gives two men suspended jail terms for 'sickening' badger baiting acts in a wood.

Workington Town are cruelly beaten by a late try from Rochdale half-back Chris Forster.

Dundee United manager Craig Levein says his side were unlucky to lose the CIS Cup final on a penalty shoot-out.

Jamie Cope and Dave Harold face former champions at the World Snooker Championships to be held at the Crucible Theatre in April.

A teenager who was cruelly abused by his foster mother publishes an account of his experience.

A late header from Craig Disley boosts Bristol Rovers' play-off hopes and deals a cruel blow to Millwall's bid to avoid the drop.